THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
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They falute ftrangers much after the manner of the New 
Zealanders, by joining nofes; adding, however, the addi- . * 
tional ceremony of taking the hand of the perfon to whom 
they are paying civilities, and rubbing it with a degree of 
force upon their nofe and mouth *. 
* The inhabitants of the Palaos, New Philippine, or rather Caroline Illands, at the 
diftance of almoft fifteen hundred leagues from Mangeea, have the fame mode of falutation. 
“ Leur civilite, et la marque de leur refpect, confifte a prendre la main ou le pied de celui 
<c a qui ils veulent faire honneur, et s’en frotter doucement tout le vifage.” Lettres Edi - 
fiantes et Curieufes , Tom. xv. p. 208. Edit. 1781. 
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